Beth Jones Sanborn
A one-day strike scheduled for Monday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston that would have been the largest in Massachusetts history and the first in Boston in 30 years has been averted. The Massachusetts Nurses Association made the announcement Saturday, less than two days before the strike was scheduled to begin.
DeKalb Physician Hospital Organization and UnitedHealthcare have jointly launched an accountable care program that will dedicate more resources to coordinating patient care and making it easier to share health information, the two announced Thursday.
Adeptus Health Inc. has appointed Ricardo Martinez, M.D. their new Chief Medical Officer. The large-scale operator of free-standing emergency rooms made the announcement Friday.
The ranks of healthcare execs and providers who see value-based payment contracts as detrimental to profits are swelling, a recent study from KPMG showed.
The Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision today in the case of Universal Health Services vs. Escobar that could expand the use of the implied certification theory as a basis for liability under the False Claims Act, with some saying it could breed more lawsuits against providers.
Jorge Juvier, 58, of Queens, New York, a former owner and operator of multiple HIV/AIDS clinics in New York City, was sentenced Tuesday to a little more than five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $12 million in restitution for his role in a scheme to bilk Medicare out of more than $12 million through the use of fraudulent HIV/AIDS clinics, the U.S. Attorney's office announced.
The 3,300 registered nurses who help staff Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and are represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, voted to authorize a 24 hour strike in the hopes of propelling stalled negotiations for a new contract with the hospital and its parent company, Partners HealthCare, the union announced Monday.
Starting salaries for both primary care physicians and specialists have shot up in the last 12 months, according to a 2016 report by Merritt Hawkins, a physician search firm and subsidiary of AMN Healthcare. The spike represents a rising demand for physicians and amid the growing doctor shortage, Merritt Hawkins said.
Three additional defendants, including the son of a southern California hospital owner, have pleaded guilty in an elaborate healthcare fraud scheme that authorities say spawned tens of millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks for patient referrals, and nearly $600 million in fraudulent bills for spinal surgeries performed at Pacific Hospital in Long Beach, the Justice Department announced.
Children's Hospital Colorado has launched a new Center for Innovation, a new section of the campus devoted to promoting innovation within the hospital and with other external partners.